Caroline Adhiambo Shirima, FNPBC MSN| Geriatric Medicine | MedStar Health
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Caroline Adhiambo Shirima

Caroline Adhiambo Shirima, FNPBC MSN
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.8 out of 5 (335 reviews)

Specialties: Geriatric Medicine

Languages: English

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Clinical areas of focus

  • Advance Directive Planning
  • Geriatric Health Screening
  • Mental Health Medication Management
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Anemia
  • Bladder Incontinence
  • Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
  • Cataract
  • Chronic Constipation
  • Chronic Gout
  • Chronic Pain Management For Older Adults
  • Cognitive Function Disorders
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • Eyelid Disorders
  • Falls And Gait Disorders
  • Foot Care For Older Adults
  • Frailty Syndrome
  • Geriatric Depression
  • Gout
  • Head Injury
  • Hip Fracture
  • Hip Osteoarthritis
  • Knee Pain
  • Malaise And Fatigue
  • Osteoporosis
  • Palliative Care For Older Adults
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Polyosteoarthritis
  • Problems Related To Care Provider Dependency
  • Rib And Sternum Fracture
  • Secondary Parkinsonism
  • Shoulder Joint Pain
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Spondylopathies
  • Subclinical Hypothyroidism
  • Vascular Dementia
  • Wound Care For Older Adults
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Procedures I perform

  • Advance Directive Planning
  • Aging Life Care
  • Anxiety Treatment
  • Balance And Coordination Training
  • Balance And Gait Disorders
  • Behavioral Interventions
  • Cardiovascular Health Promotion
  • Care Coordination Consultation
  • Care For Persons With Adjustment Disorders
  • Care For Persons With Aggression
  • Care For Persons With Agitation
  • Care For Persons With Alzheimer's Disease
  • Care For Persons With Anxiety
  • Care For Persons With Arthritis
  • Care For Persons With Chronic Conditions
  • Care For Persons With Cognitive Decline
  • Care For Persons With Dementia
  • Care For Persons With Dementia-Related Behaviors
  • Care For Persons With Depression
  • Care For Persons With Developmental Disabilities
  • Care For Persons With Disabilities
  • Care For Persons With End-Of-Life Needs
  • Care For Persons With Falls
  • Care For Persons With Fibromyalgia
  • Care For Persons With Fractures
  • Care For Persons With Incontinence
  • Care For Persons With Mental Health Conditions
  • Care For Persons With Osteoporosis
  • Care For Persons With Ostomies
  • Care For Persons With Pain
  • Care For Persons With Sensory Impairments
  • Care For Persons With Substance Use Disorders
  • Care For Persons With Swallowing Disorders
  • Care For Persons With Trauma
  • Care For Persons With Trauma-Related Disorders
  • Care For Persons With Wounds
  • Care Handoff
  • Care Management
  • Case Management
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Cognitive Restructuring
  • Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
  • Community Health Education
  • Depression Treatment
  • Diabetes Management
  • Disease Prevention
  • Disease Prevention Programs
  • Environmental Modification
  • Flexibility Exercises
  • Frailty Assessment And Management
  • Functional Status Assessment
  • Gastrointestinal Therapy
  • Geriatric Care Management
  • Geriatric Health Maintenance
  • Geriatric Health Screening
  • Geriatric Home Repair And Modification
  • Geriatric Orthopedic Care
  • Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
  • Graston Technique
  • Grief And Bereavement Support
  • Grief Counseling
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • Guided Imagery
  • Gynecological Cancer Screening
  • Habit Training
  • Health Promotion Counseling
  • Heart Failure Medication Management
  • High Cholesterol Management
  • Home Modifications
  • Home Safety Evaluations
  • Huntington's Disease Management
  • Hypertension Treatment
  • Immunization Administration
  • Inpatient Palliative Care
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation
  • Live-In Care
  • Massage Therapy
  • Massage Therapy For Chronic Pain
  • Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
  • Mental Health Counseling For Individuals
  • Mental Health Medication Management
  • Mental Wellness Programs
  • Muscle Injection
  • Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
  • Non-Pharmacological Interventions
  • Nutrition Counseling
  • Orthopedic Physical Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
  • Pain Medication Management
  • Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care Coordination
  • Palliative Care Services
  • Pancreatic Disease Management
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Peer Support Groups
  • Pet Therapy
  • Pharmacological Therapy
  • Pressure Ulcer Prevention And Management
  • Preventive Action
  • Problem-Focused Coping
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • Range Of Motion Exercises
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Rehabilitative Technology
  • Restorative Services
  • Risk Assessment
  • Self-Care Training
  • Shiatsu Massage
  • Skilled Care
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Social Activities
  • Speech Therapy
  • Speech Therapy For Language Disorders
  • Sti Treatment
  • Subacute Care
  • Tai Chi Therapy
  • Therapeutic Recreation
  • Transitional Care Planning
  • Urinary Incontinence Treatment
  • Vaccinations
  • Validation Therapy
  • Visualization Therapy
  • Wellness Services
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Practice locations

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10450 Lottsford Rd
Center for Successful Aging at Collington
Mitchellville, MD, 20721

301-925-7791
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miles away

Fax 301-570-7403

5601 Loch Raven Blvd
Russell Morgan Bldg Ste 502
Baltimore, MD, 21239

443-444-4720
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miles away

Fax 443-444-2110

Insurance

MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • IH-POS Plus
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • Aetna HMO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • OA Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • IH-HMO
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Employee Health Plan
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • IH-PPO
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • IH-Open HMO
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • UHC Passport
    • IH-Open POS II
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • TRICARE East Select
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • Medicare Direct
    • HighMark
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • First Health PPO
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • Network OA
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • First Health PPO
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Choice POS II
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • Navigate
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • CIGNA EPO
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Aetna Basic
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • United Student Resources
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • Sentara Health
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • IH-POS
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • Choice POS
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Optimum Choice
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • POS OA
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Beech Street PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • Medicare FFS
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • CareFirst EPO
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • CIGNA PPO

Education

Board Certification: American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Graduate: Bowie State University (2014)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.8
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.9
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.8
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.8
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.9
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.8
  • Jun 24, 2026

    Always a good responding listener.

  • Jun 12, 2026

    Dr. Shirima was an excellent listener. She took her time with me and was gracious and professional.

  • Apr 8, 2026

    Excellent visit